WARSAW, Mar 8 Poland wants EU countries to jointly buy ammunition from Poland for Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of the Republic Mariusz Blaschak told reporters.
«There is an initiative that provides for joint orders of ammunition, the Polish defense industry will also take advantage of this initiative,» Blaszczak said.
«In the near future, in March, Commissioner Breton (European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton) will visit Poland. We agreed with the Commissioner that we will talk together with the Polish defense industry so that the Polish defense industry can take advantage of these orders so that the Polish defense industry can increase its production capabilities,» the Polish minister explained.
«It will be good for Ukraine, but it will also be good for Poland,» he concluded.
Earlier, Russia sent a note to NATO countries because of arms supplies to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect.